Over the weekend, Judge Jeanine Pirro excoriated a Texas judge for creating grounds that gave a mistrial to a woman who was given a 15-year sentence for taping her boyfriend raping his 14-month old granddaughter on her cell phone.

The Houston Press has the background: “An appellate court has reversed the conviction of a Bacliff woman who recorded her boyfriend raping his 14-month-old granddaughter on her cell phone, saying the trial judge tainted the jury by arresting a prospective juror during jury selection,” the publication reported.

Alisha Marie Drake had been sentenced in 2013 to 15 years in prison for using her cell phone to record the act. Her boyfriend, Jason Grant, was charged with aggravated sexual assault of a child and possession of child pornography and is awaiting trial.

During the questioning of prospective jurors, one man, identified only as Juror No. 48, told Galveston County District Court Judge Susan Criss that his religious tenets prohibited from watching the cell phone recording. The man stated he was a Jehovah’s Witness.

“Imagine a judge arresting a prospective juror because he requests a religious exemption,” Pirro said on Justice with Judge Jeanine. “Prospective Juror No. 48 in Texas tells Judge Susan Criss he can’t look at evidence of child pornography for religious reasons, generally an acceptable excuse for not serving on a jury.”

“Now, additionally, the juror tells Judge Criss that as a Jehovah’s Witness it is not his place to judge. Criss, however, wasn’t hearing any of it. Her response was if a child could suffer through the abuse, then an adult can certainly watch the video,” Pirro added.

‘So if it grosses you out, you can take it out on the person in punishment. That’s what my God tells me,’ Criss said.

She then tells Juror 48 what she will do if he refuses to look at the evidence, saying, ‘So you want to find out what I’ll do? You’ll find out what I’ll do. You want to find out what my God will tell me to do? Let’s test it buddy. Let’s test it.’ More

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